B2noun
رِجْسٌ
rijs
impurity / abomination / filth
Example
إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
innamā yurīdu Allāhu liyadhhiba ʿankumu ar-rijsa ahla al-bayt
Allah only wishes to remove from you impurity, O people of the household (33:33)
Grammar
Masculine noun. Used for both physical and spiritual impurity. Related: رِجْزٌ (punishment, sometimes confused). Applied to idols, alcohol, gambling.
Culture
This verse (āyat at-taṭhīr) is significant in both Sunni and Shia theology regarding the purity of the Prophet's household.